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Bos agent shinsengumi

For the similar unit, see Shinsengumi Police Force.

Shinsengumi are a type of agent in Fall of the Samurai.

Description[]

In Fall of the Samurai shinsengumi are the investigators used to weed out corruption and anti-Shogunate sentiment across Japan. They are expert propagandists who can coerce an enemy army to support the Shogunate, uncover enemy agents on friendly territory, instil discipline in friendly armies, subdue pro-imperial dissidents, incite revolt in an enemy province, or assassinate a general or another agent. If placed in a friendly town shinsengumi improve pro-Shogunate allegiance and the effectiveness of counter-spying simply by their presence. They are recruited via the propaganda building chain. Shinsengumi are especially effective against shinobi or their opposite number, the imperialist ishin shishi.

General Information[]

Shinsengumi are agents of the Shogunate, with many useful abilities and skills. When placed in a town, they automatically increase repression. As they gain experience, the amount of repression they provide increases, and they even grant a smaller amount of repression merely by being in the province. Shinsengumi also greatly speed up the rate at which the populace converts to pro-Shogunate allegiance. This combination of factors make them very useful for positioning in newly captured regions, to keep them under control.

Shinsengumi can also assassinate generals and other agents. They are particularly deadly against geisha, who have no counters against them if they are not aligned with the Shogunate. Shinsengumi have skills that cause them to reduce public order in other factions' regions, and they can incite locals to rebel, either allowing the player's faction to wreak havoc in enemy regions or to steal regions from friendly factions. Shinsengumi can coerce enemy armies into joining their faction, though the cost of this can vary from several hundred to several dozen thousand koku depending on the size of the army.

When placed in armies, Shinsengumi increase the loyalty of generals, as well as the defense of all units. Shinsengumi have access to a skill that increases the campaign movement range of armies, which stack with similar skills from other agents and generals. 

Finally, high-level Shinsengumi can provide a variety of bonuses ranging from granting a global discount for training all Shogunate units, to a global increase to repression.

The Aizu domain's faction trait, Discipline, reduces the cost of shinsengumi actions by 10%. 

Should a Shogunate faction switch its allegiance by either joining the Imperialists or declaring independence, all its Shinsengumi automatically disband.

Shinsengumi are similar to Ishin Shishi, with identical skillsets; however, their skill trees are completely different.

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